Flash Flood — Orange, Virginia

2025-05-14 · near Barboursville, Orange, Virginia

Event narrative

Woodford Road closed due to high water at least six inches deep flowing across the road. Route 33 was also closed nearby for a period of time.

Wider weather episode

Underneath an upper level low, slow moving thunderstorms trained over central Virginia producing a quick one to three inches of rain resulting in flash flooding. This comes a day after a few inches of rain had just fallen.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245982. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.